Lieut.-Colonel Sir J. HOPEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether a postal servant who, while in the Army, has been compulsorily transferred from the Infantry to an agricultural company of the Labour Corps can count his service in the agricultural company towards pension?
Mr. CHAMBERLAINThe point is one of considerable difficulty, because while serving in the agricultural company the soldier would often be drawing pay from private sources,i.e., from the farmer who 1089W employed him on the land, and not from the State. I am, however, causing further inquiry to be made into the position of these men, in consultation with the other Departments concerned, and will communicate the result to my hon. and gallant Friend at a later date.